[vague][citation needed] She received her BA from Radcliffe College in 1960 (magna cum laude) and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1964, under the tutelage of Robert Sears and Eleanor Maccoby.
After two years as an assistant professor at Clark University, in Worcester, MA, Bee moved to the University of Washington, where she taught for seven years, receiving tenure during that time.
Her own favorite of the several books, however, is "The Journey of Adulthood", which included, for the first time in any such text, a chapter on spiritual development.
She married Carl R. de Boor, an emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, in 1991.
In retirement, she volunteers for a number of non-profit organizations on Orcas Island, including Camp Indralaya and OPAL Community Land Trust.